Sundress you are correct, akunama anthuwa, kumene ansgulako amaphunzitsa until they can work by themselves only then they can use. So how do they use mammograms, C_arm. Nanga amatha bwanji to fix fractures Ku Theatre opanda technology. We are behind comrades.

This is really pathetic to read what Government does. Its only Malawi that doesn’t use CT scan. The company doesn’t just drop that eqpment at a place, they give in service training to staff until they can operate it just like your sonar, Xrays and chemos . is the whole country incompetent? Call Semen plz, they will happily come. That scanner is much safer than Xray and radiology. Ngati mumauser cellphone, microwave then you are exposed even magnet ya magetsi. Wake up!

I’m failing to understand you, I guess I’m missing your language but all in all I have managed to capture the first statement. I think it all depends on the source of the equipment but these days it’s a tradition that every equipment coming to the country or facility should go through the local distributor or dealer for that manufacturer providing a backup in terms of installation, user training, service and other related issues. So, even if it’s a donation, supposed to through the same process as recommended by the WHO. If the equipment has no local backup, in most cases it’s either underutilized or not utilised and doesn’t operate for so long before considered obsolete.

Webster has well explained about the issue. Radiographers know their work but some professionals seems to know better than the owners. They have been exposed to ionising radiation in course of their work. Man made radiation contribute to 18%of the total radiation and 11% is from medical x-ray. These guys are prone to effects of ionising radiation for not being fully shielded from radiation during examinations. This low dose of radiation causes radiation-induced malignancy and genetic effect just to mention a few of late effect.

However, the the radiation exposure during a CT scan may cause a very small increase in a person’s lifetime risk of developing cancer . This concern is often viewed as more important for children, because the cancer risk per dose of radiation is higher for younger patients than adults, and younger patients have a longer life expectancy. Still, the risks of exposure to radiation must be weighed against the benefits of using CT scanning to diagnose or treat illness. CT scanners can be modified to deliver exposures that are more appropriate for pediatric patients. Most physicians suggest that all radiation exposure to patients should be kept to a minimum; those patients that “doctor shop” or repeatedly go to emergency departments for a “CT” put themselves at risk for radiation-caused problems. ( we don’t play with radiation).

hahahaha! It’s so amusing when people who know nothing at all about radiation try to act wise amongst their fellow blind men. The Computed Tomography machine has no problem at all and for those saying it’s an outdated CT machine, they need to re-visit their sources. This is a Philips Brilliance 64 slice machine…(google that). The problem is with the shielding (radiation shielding…part of the building, not the machine). The glass that shields the operators from radiation emitted by the scanner need to be of a certain “lead-equivalent thickness” to do its job….same with the doors, but this is not the case. The integrity of these radiation shielding materials should have been tested soon after installation (3yrs plus ago) by a radiation monitoring body (which we don’t have in Malawi). I know all this because……I’m that guy in the picture (taken 3years ago).

Is the machine being tested in malawi for the first time before approval by the WHO? Is it not being used by nurses and doctors in other countries? Did the manufacture make a mistake ? Mediocrity at its best in Malawi.

Though not very conversant with radiology equipment but what I have gathered it’s something to do with the design of the room in which this CT scan was installed. It’s an issue to do with the contractor, I guess somewhere the requirements were not followed as recommended by the manufacturers of the machine and related institutions. Most of these radiology machines do emit radiation which is also lethal to our body cells, causing mutation. So those working in the department supposed to be protected like any other health worker and it’s been shown that the room is not safe to work in but I guess capital Hill is working on that though the process will take a little bit time as the government bureaucracy is always so long.

My friend, do you work there? If not, shut ur mouth!! If u do, then just go and rectify the peoples’ ignorance. What type of research are u talking about? Apart from the one that has diagnosed the problem?

My friend, do you work there? If not, shut ur mouth!! If u do, then just go and rectify the peoples’ ignorance. What type of research are u talking about? Apart from the one that has diagnosed the problem?